I can feel the surge of another incoming addiction -- eBay. I have no idea why it took me this long to try it out. Probably because I thought that credit cards and Paypal were the only methods of payment. Guess I was wrong -- personal checks, money orders, and certified checks can be used with some merchants. Uh oh. With my brand-new spanking checking account, I won't be surprised if my banker inquires about the "hyperactivity" of my account. Hehe.

Anyway when my uncle purchased a satellite dish for less than half the original price last month, I admit I was intrigued. I've been hearing a lot of the good deals made in eBay but I never imagined that buying something as expensive as a satellite dish is possible. I gave it a try -- there's no harm in signing up, I mused. Little did I know that five minutes later, I was bidding like crazy. Some of the gadgets I wanted but were unavailable in malls were up for grabs -- at insane prices! Jonathan Strange for less than a dollar?! An Apple iPod mini for $5?!? A PalmOne Treo 600 for $100?!? A Canon PowerShot SD10 for $170?! These are just too good to pass up. Then again, they might be too good to be true... well, I hope not.


EDIT: What I hate about this is the fact that other people can outbid you. (DUH!) Thanks to eSnipe, I can rest easily, knowing that it can place bids for the stuff in my eBay page during the last few seconds of the auction. Mwahaha, tingnan lang natin.